Exercise For Weight Loss And Hypnosis Motivation

If you've made the difficult decision to lose weight - congratulations! For many people, making a commitment to their own fitness is the most difficult step. But in spite of self-motivation, many people find they do not know what exercises to use for rapid weight loss.

There are three major kinds of exercise: aerobic exercise, such as running or biking; flexibility exercises, like yoga and other forms of stretching; and strength training, including weight lifting and resistance exercises.

Aerobic and strength training will help you use the most calories. Since losing weight depends on either taking in less calories or burning more, it's best to focus on these at first to make sure your self motivation remains as you lose weight.

Typically, 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week is ideal. Build the interval and frequency as you go along.

But many people whose self-motivation has gotten them to begin an exercise for weight loss program overlook the importance of strength training. Aerobic exercise burns more calories in the beginning, but lifting weights increases muscle mass, and muscle burns more calories than fat. A pound of muscle uses 35 calories a day to function at rest; a pound of fat uses only two calories for the same function.

The fitness consensus used to believe that to "build" muscle, you should perform fewer reps (3-5) with heavier weights, and to simply "tone," higher reps (12-15) at lower weights was key. But there's no such thing as "toning." Definition that comes with what's wrongly called toning occurs because you have lost the layer of fat covering muscle, making it more visible. The size of the muscle underneath depends on how vigorously you train.

You must "tear down" the muscle so it can rebuild itself afterward. In fact, you do not build muscle while pumping iron but you do in the days afterward when the muscle is "resting." The broad guideline for strength training is beginning with three sets of 8-12 reps at a weight that leaves you nearly incapable of doing the entire set. Then, rest for 30-60 seconds before starting your next set.

Do not be discouraged if you're not able to complete all of the reps on every set. In fact, use that to determine when to add weight. If you're finishing each set without any muscle strain, you will want to add weight.

Self motivation helped you to begin, but most have a difficult time sustaining the pace. It helps understanding that the source of our motivations is a belief. Think about it: If you did not believe the gnawing sensation in your stomach meant you were hungry, you would not feel motivated to eat.

Learning what ideas motivate you is essential to losing weight, because when you feel powerfully motivated, you will exercise without fail. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a form of hypnosis. And there are NLP methods that can build exercise motivation because, over time, desire to exercise for weight loss alone likely will not be enough to keep you going. Hypnosis for exercise motivation therapy can help.

Your initial task is identifying the most important things in your life. We call these things your highly valued criteria. Highly valued criteria are customarily intangibles: money would not be highly valued criteria, but the security, freedom or fun that money can bring would be.

Next, determine what you need to believe to feel highly motivated to exercise. It is vital to keep in mind that logic has nothing to do with belief. Things don’t have to be logical to believe them. You may find you already have a belief that goes against this new idea. That is okay.

While understanding what motivates us is valuable, exercise hypnosis motivation therapy can put these ideas to work by ensuring self motivation lasts. Hypnosis for motivation does this by modifying the computer codes in your brain, so you accept ideas that motivate you.

Belief systems are based in our unconscious mind, which is like a computer. Computers do not have any power to reason. The input controls the output. The methods used in hypnosis for exercise motivation therapy can make you believe nearly anything, as long as you're willing to believe.

You begin by creating an image in your mind's eye that illustrates something you already believe, like, "I love my children." Then you learn to calibrate the elements or 'Submodalities' of that mental belief picture.

Next, you make a mental image that illustrates your motivational idea. Let's say your motivational idea is, "If I exercise, then I'll look great and my marriage will improve." Then you learn how to alter the Submodalities of this mental image to match with the Submodalities in your calibrated belief picture. On the other hand, if a belief is holding you back, the same technique can change that belief to doubt.

Hypnotherapy for motivation that uses NLP can provide you with something of an internal personal trainer. Using a hypnosis for exercise motivation program ensures that the passion you started with stays until reaching your objective, and then helps you maintain that objective.

Have you been planning to start an exercise program to take some weight off? For many, committing to their own weight loss is the hardest part. This article shows you the best exercises for weight loss, and includes information about how to build the motivation to adhere to your new exercise plan.

Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in all aspects of self hypnosis weight loss, including human motivation CDs since 1978. Visit his Neuro-VISION hypnosis website and enjoy Free hypnosis articles, videos, and newsletters.

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